Definition of "weanedness" [wean•ed•ness]

• The quality or state of being weaned. (noun)

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• "Thus many have found it was good for them to bear the yoke in their youth, that sorrow has been much better for them than laughter would have been, and that being much afflicted, and often ready to die, when they were young, they have, by the grace of God, got such an habitual seriousness and weanedness from the world as have been of great use to them all their days."
• "Is it not the work which we are in the pursuit of, -- weanedness from the world, self-denial, zeal for truth, humbleness, fruitfulness, faithfulness, universal holiness?"
• "Secondly, Of weanedness from the world and the things thereof."